WHERE DO I START TO DESCRIBE THE MAGGARD AND CRAWFORD REUNIONS?WE USUALLY HAVE THEM IN SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. NOT MANY ATTEND REALLY, JUST ABOUT A 150 TO 200.

I WAS BORN A MAGGARD. MY FATHER, JESSE WAS AN "OL' TIMER". HE WAS BORN IN OATFIELD, MISSOURI IN 1917. MY MOTHER, ANNALEE CRAWFORD WAS BORN IN VIOLA, ARKANSAS. THEY HAD 13 CHILDREN AND I HAPPEN TO BE NUMBER 11 AND PROUD OF IT.

MY DADDY DIED IN MARCH OF 1996 AND MY MOMMA PASSED AWAY IN AUGUST OF 1997. I MISS THEM DEARLY AND WANT TO PRESERVE THEM IN MEMORY BY UPDATING THE "MAGGARD FAMILY HISTORY".

KENNETH MAGGARD, A VERY DISTANT COUSIN TO MYSELF, PUBLISHED "MAGGARD FAMILY GENEALOGY" IN 1969. ANOTHER AUTHOR, VICTOR PHILLIPS PUBLISHED "MAGGARD FAMILY HISTORY" IN 1958. I THINK WE MIGHT BE RUNNING BEHIND ON THESE UPDATES. OUR FAMILY GROWS SO FAST WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH IT IF WE DON'T HURRY. TO UP DATE THE RECORDS AND PRESERVE OUR HERITAGE WE NEED YOUR HELP! IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE CRAWFORDS OR MAGGARDS OR IF YOU KNOW OF ANOTHER AUTHOR WITH A MORE RECENT PUBLISHING, PLEASE LET US KNOW.